Trois beaux choix de lecture pour le temps des fêtes
Quand l'hiver arrive enfin, c'est le meilleur moment de s'installer confortablement avec un bon livre et de lire ou même relire des livres dont les récits ont des intrigues mystérieuses!
Four RA strategies to promote new voices and inclusion
We can use Reader’s Advisory to both ensure that our communities feel seen and that they discover new voices and cultures by working on polices, merchandising, book lists, and handselling.
Clear guidance yes for LGBTQ+ support, but context matters
Are there hard-and-fast rules for libraries engaged with LGBTQ+ communities? While there are areas where there should be clear guidance, there are others where context is more important.
Are publishers that short-sighted? Questioning Macmillan’s new ebook guidelines
“Beginning November 1, Macmillan Publishers is restricting library access to new e-books, causing long wait times for some titles.”
Popular cream: Streaming, collections and access for all
Each time communication and media markets shift, changes may not necessarily benefit those of us who ultimately consume the content.
Wakanda’s library: Afrofuturism and Black History Month
Coinciding with Black History Month, Rhea Smith discusses Afrofuturism, a way of exploring the future positively.
Trent Library donates 250,000 monographs to Open Library
By Dwayne Collins This fall, Trent University’s Thomas J. Bata Library will wrap up a significant transformation project that will see the building renewed…
Alcohol, tobacco and other drugs in the Internet Archive: SALIS digital book collection
SALIS (Substance Abuse Librarians and Information Specialists) and the Internet Archive (IA) are partnering on a unique project: The SALIS collection of books on…
Respecting anonymity through collection development
In the second article in this limited series of conversations, Amanda Wilk and John Vincent discuss readers’ advisory for LGBTQ+ people, and trends in…
Welcoming LGBTQ+ people
How can we demonstrate, through action, that LGBTQ+ people are welcome in libraries? In the first article in this limited series of conversations, Amanda…
Games as community building blocks
By Michelle Goodridge I may have told you this story before but, even at the risk of sounding like a broken record, I will…
Games as community building blocks
I may have told you this story before but, even at the risk of sounding like a broken record, I will tell it again.…
LGBTQ+ Library collections in a small community
I want to tell the story of a small rural county library system compiling a LGBTQ+ collection. I am not an expert in LGBTQ+…